# Cuba spent decades recruiting American spies. Now Washington is turning the tables on Havana

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/cuba-spent-decades-recruiting-american-spies-now-washington-is-turning-the-tables-on-havana/
- Published: 2026-10-25T13:53:37+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-25T14:10:51+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Far right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/cuba-spent-decades-recruiting-american-spies-now-washington-turning-tables-havana
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Cuba’s economic crisis does not rule out an effective spy service.
- The article backs Rubio’s invitation for Cubans to approach the CIA.
- It calls for careful checks to ensure sources and intelligence are reliable.

## Summary

The article argues that Cuba’s record of recruiting Americans as spies makes it a continuing national security threat, despite its economic crisis. It backs Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s invitation for Cubans to cooperate with the CIA, framing it as a way to challenge Havana’s intelligence operations and put pressure on the regime.

It cites former Pentagon analyst Ana Belén Montes, former US ambassador Victor Manuel Rocha and the Myers couple as examples of Americans who spied for Cuba. It also points to the Wasp Network’s infiltration of exile groups and military facilities, including its connection to the 1996 destruction of two aircraft, in which four people died. The author says any intelligence offered by prospective sources must be carefully verified and that reliable sources should be protected.

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